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United States Patent | 6,021,435 |
Nielsen, ;, , , --> Nielsen | February 1, 2000 |
A hypertext browsing system collects information about availability of links and display this link availability information. A user can then readily determine whether the target of a particular link may be followed. This increases the efficiency of user browsing in that time is not wasted in following unavailable links. Also, the hypertext browsing system may collect information about the titles of link targets and display this title information. The title information helps a user decide whether a particular link is worth following.
Inventors: | Nielsen; Jakob (Atherton, CA) |
Assignee: | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 615654 |
Filed: | March 13, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 709/224; 715/738; 715/854 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 015/00 |
Field of Search: | 395/200-211,335,793,200.54 345/335,793,357 709/224 |
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